Galgo News

Category: Campaign

  • Slovenia Sighthound Society – working with Protectora Scooby for the galgos

    Scooby Slovenia volunteers400 5 2022
    There are currently over 450 dogs in Scooby and its smaller ‘branches’ so our help was more than needed.

    In four working days we sterilized 9 dogs, neutered 17 dogs and 1 goat, performed 2 second surgeries (wound treatment) and took care of hospitalized and sick dogs. In addition to the veterinary work, we cleaned all the fences, clipped some dogs, trimmed the long claws, gave them antiparasitics, took care of the chickens. We sincerely thank all the employees and volunteers at the shelter who work every day for these animals.

    And most of all – got a lot of energy and new ideas for work for the future. Will you help us with this?

    Thank you to everyone who supports us so we can help us further!

    HRTJI WORLD OF Slovenia Society
    www.hrtjisvet.org
    info@hrtjisvet.org

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  • Protectora Scooby – a desperate situation – over 450 dogs rescued since December 2021

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    Terrible news from Scooby, they are full and running out of funds.

    Fermin Perez, president of Scooby, said: “We’ve had a tough few months with more galgos and podencos dumped than more or less ever before. The flow of galgos and podencos has been unrelenting after the most recent hare coursing season.

    “We are not the only shelter to experience this. Fellow rescues agree that we have not seen peak numbers like this since about 30 years ago.

    “We have rescued 450 galgos and podencos, with 200 other breeds in the shelter as well. Quite simply, Scooby is full and we cannot rescue more dogs for time being.

    “As you can imagine this places significant pressure on our resources and we are now in survival mode.

    “We will need to solve this crisis if we are to continue.”

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  • I am a forever dog

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  • Dozens of gorgeous galgos at Scooby waiting for forever homes

    I hope you can see this video, on facebook, taken walking round the kennels at Scooby Medina with all the fabulous rescued galgos safe in the shelter, waiting for forever homes. Contact Scooby direct if you have room in your home and heart for at least one!

  • Galgo Podenco Platform – what they do

    Galgo Podenco Lobby
    Many years ago the Dutch Galgo Lobby worked to publicise the plight of the galgos and podencos in Spain. The Galgo Podenco Platform is now doing the same. Here’s an extract from their website.

    ‘Galgo Podenco Platform

    The galgolobby is a developed lobby in Europe, where these dogs are much exploited for their specific characteristics as sight hounds, including their speed and hunting abilities. Galgos are traditionally used for hare coursing on the countryside and sometimes on enclosed tracks.

    A very important development is that the galgo-lobby also represents the podenco: The Great Forgotten. Podencos are mostly used and abused in the Rehalas and Monterias: the driven hunt. The number of podencos greatly exceeds the number of galgos in Spain. These dogs live mostly hidden in dark and filthy barns on one meter chains.’

    You can read more about their work on this link.

  • What to consider when adopting a dog – Protectora Scooby

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    From Protectora Scooby

    ‘All dogs are wonderful beings and amazing life partners but as much as we like animals, not everyone has to square up with our character and lifestyle, so it is best to be informed about the characteristics and necessities of the animal race/breed (if we know which one it is) before adopting him and above all, it is very important to be advised by the people who care and know them before taking the final step to expand your family with a four-legged companion.

    Many times people adopt dogs or cats because of how beautiful they are physically or because they follow a fashion, regardless of the character and needs of the chosen animal and that adoption generally ends in failure.

    This is said, to all of you who are thinking of sharing your lives with a dog or cat we encourage you to do so, but always responsibly and after meditating on it a lot.

    There are lots of animals in Scooby waiting for someone to give them a chance.

    adopciones@scoobymedina.org

    www.scoobymedina.org

  • Research into the health of Spanish galgos – survey form to complete

    Hello, my name is Mathéo Casa and I am a final year veterinary student. I am doing my final project on all the peculiarities of Spanish greyhounds. I am passionate about this breed and I want to improve the life of Spanish greyhounds through this work and I want to know more about the health of this breed. I need you to fill out a survey to help me get information. Please, if you have more than one Spanish greyhound, fill out a survey per dog. Once my work is finished, it will be published through Scooby’s social networks so you can see how special Spanish greyhounds are!! Thank you very much !!! Matheo Casa

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZofSxST_p8fzW3QkGuZ4MH6EJvYoZStl3_hE-XaoeOsQSJA/viewform?usp=sf_link

  • Please sign and share widely for the Spanish hunting hounds

    Petition link.

  • PACMA – Spanish political party fighting for the rights of Spain’s animals

    PACMA podencos Castilla la Mancha 400 3 2022
    This is a weblink to introduce the new team at PACMA, leading the fight to protect Spain’s abused animals.

    This is a weblink to an article about the Government of Castilla-La Mancha wanting to promote the violence and cruelty of hunting among young people and women.

    Also in March 2022 PACMA urged the Junta de Andalucía to stop promoting, protecting and shielding hunting in the community. We have sent a letter to the Governing Council of the Junta de Andalucía to stop their efforts to promote this cruel and violent activity. Weblink to this article.

    This is the translation of a PACMA article about dog-fighting in Spain. Galgos are sometimes bred as bait dogs to be used in this cruel and barbaric activity.

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  • Protectora Scooby – donations needed for big vet fees and more please

    Scooby needs some help

    In Scooby we have never hesitate to help all the animals we could, our friends from Andalucia, Extremadura, Murcia, Castile la Mancha desperately asked us for help for the galgos and podencos, hunting dogs and some mestiz os, all this knowing that from our land we were getting enormous amounts of animals but we could not turn our back on them and now we find that we have about 500 between galgos and podencos, 500 animals that need to eat, need to be cleaned and need treatments see Terinaries, almost 80% of the clinic and hospital work they are for our own animals, castrate them, vaccinate them, various operations, blood tests.

    We have had to hire more staff and now we need you, we need to pay the workers, our thought providers, vaccines, bisturics, etc.

    We need people who want to organize events to raise funds. At Scooby we have always hesitated to ask for little and now we need it. If you can help us, they will thank you. Plus donations to Scooby are indestructible.

    If you want to help us continue saving and changing lives, you can do so in the following ways:

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